Sliding bolt.



no. 708,892. I Patented Sept. 9, :902.-.

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(Application filed. Jan. 6,1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ERNEST LONG, OF BRANNOOKSTOWN, IRELAND.

SLIDING BOLT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,892," datedSeptember 9, 1902. Application filed January 6, 1902- Serial No. 88,668.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES ERNEST LONG, gentleman, asubject of the Kingof Great Britain, residing at Cannycourt, Brannockstown, county Kildare,Ireland, have invented a certain new and useful Sliding Bolt of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a bolt of an improvedconstruction which, while adapted to at times operate in the usual way,may also be locked by improved devices in its closed position.

In carrying out my invention I employ a bar or rod constituting the boltproper and provide this bolt with a laterally-projecting arm containinga lock adapted to be opened and closed by a key. The bolt is mounted toslide longitudinally in guides and to turn about its axis, and the armis adapted to enter between lugs or flanges on the frame of the boltwhen the bolt is shot. The arm fits snugly in the housing formed by thelugs or flanges, and one of the lugs is formed with a recess to receivethe bolt of the key-operated lock carried by the arm.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is an elevation of my improvedbolt in its onshot position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the boltshot and locked.

The bolt a is mounted to slide and to turn in rings or guides I),carried by the bolt frame or casing secured to the door or gate 0, andto engagea keeper (1 on the gate-post 6. An arm f projects laterally orat right angles from the bolt and is rigidly secured to it. This armcarries a lock 9 of the kind operated by a key, the keyhole beingindicated at h.

I indicates the screws for securing the case or frame of the bolt to thegate. When the bolt is shot, the screws which secure the keeper to thepost 6 are covered by the bolt. One of the screws Z of the bolt frame orcasing is covered by the bolt, and two of the screws Z are covered bythe arm f. The arm f is adapted to fit snugly between two lugs orflanges 1 j, projecting forwardly from the boltframe, and one of theselugs is formed with a recess is to receive the bolt of the key-operatedlock carried by the arm f. A similar ing or flange connects the lowerends of the flanges i j.

Several advantages arise from the con 7 struction described. When thebolt is shot and the arm is within the housing formed by the lugs orflanges, it is necessary to turn the bolt before it can be made to slidelongituarm is in a horizontal position when it is desired to lock thegate, and then the bolt may be shot and the arm turned by applying thenecessary movements to the key. In like manner after. the bolt isunlocked and unshot the key may be withdrawn while the arm is in ahorizontal position, this sometimes being more convenientthan when thekeyhole is vertical. .The arm itself constitutes the means forpreventing the bolt from being moved back. I'do not merely use a part ofthe arm'for this purpose. The part of the arm carrying the lock iscompletely housed and protected from the weather.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a bolt-frame carryingguides, a bolt adapted to both slide and turn about its own axis in saidguides, an arm fast with the bolt and projecting laterally therefrom, akey-operated lock carried by said arm, and a fixed lug with which thebolt of the key-operated lock engages.

2. The combination of a bolt-frame carrying guides, a bolt adapted toboth slide and turn about its own axis in said guides, an arm fast withthe bolt and projecting at right angles therefrom, a key-operated lockcarried by said arm, and lugs or flanges on the boltframe between whichthe arm snugly fits and between which it is housed and shielded, one ofsaid lugs being formed with a recess to receive the bolt of the lockcarried by the arm.

3. The combination of a bolt-frame carrying guides, a bolt adapted toboth slide and are covered by the belt; and the arm when the bolt isshot and locked.

CHARLES ERNEST LONG.

urn about its own axis in said guides, an arm fast with the bolt andprojecting at right angles eherefrem, a, key-operated lock carried bysaid arm, lugs between which the arm WM. T. SUGRUE, WM. 0. MAOMAI-IQN.

and shielded, & keeper, and screws for secur- 5 snugly fits and betweenwhich it is housed l \Vitnesses:

ing the keeper and b01t-frame in place which I

